1 VERB 劝说；说服 If you persuade someone to do something, you cause them to do it by giving them good reasons for doing it. 劝说；说服
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My husband persuaded me to come. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
我丈夫说服我前来。
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We're trying to persuade manufacturers to sell them here. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
我们正在努力劝说制造商在这里销售。
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They were eventually persuaded by the police to give themselves up. [VERB noun to-infinitive
最终他们被警方劝服，同意投案自首。
SYN talk (someone) into, urge, advise, prompt
2 VERB 使采取行动 If something persuades someone to take a particular course of action, it causes them to take that course of action because it is a good reason for doing so. 使采取行动
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The Conservative Party's victory in April's general election persuaded him to run for President again. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
4月保守党在大选中获胜促使他再次竞选总统。
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It was the lack of privacy that eventually persuaded us to move after Ben was born. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
就是因为想要清静，我们最终在本出生后搬家了。
3 VERB 使信服；使相信 If you persuade someone that something is true, you say things that eventually make them believe that it is true. 使信服；使相信
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I've persuaded Mrs Tennant that it's time she retired. [VERB noun that]
我已经说服坦南特夫人她该退休了。
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We had managed to persuade them that it was worth working with us. [VERB noun that]
我们已经让他们相信与我们合作是值得的。
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Derek persuaded me of the feasibility of the idea. [VERB noun + of]
德里克让我相信这个想法是可行的。
SYN convince, satisfy, assure, prove to
ThesaurusWord PartnershipWord Link
| Thesaurus | persuade Also look up: |
| VERB. | cajole, convince, influence, sway, talk into, win over; (ant.) discourage, dissuade 1 3 |
| Word Partnership | Use persuade with: |
| VERB. | attempt to persuade, be able to persuade, fail to persuade, try to persuade 1 2 3 |
| Word Link | suad, suas ≈ urging : dissuade, persuade, persuasive |
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